Poetry
Two consecutive lines with end rhymes
What is a couplet?
This is a form of writing that present a claim and is supported by evidence.
What is an argument?
Descriptive language used to create word pictures
What is imagery?
“With the approaching footsteps echoing in his ears, he quickly hid in the dark alcove, heart pounding.”
What is fear?
This is a short, amusing story about a real person or event.
What is an anecdote?
A poem that celebrates a person, event, or thing
What is an ode?
This is what the writer wants the reader to do.
What is the call to action?
A comparison between two unlike things.
Example: Her eyes were two oceans.
What is a metaphor?
“Despite the challenges we've faced this year, I'm confident that brighter days are just around the corner.”
What is optimistic?
The writer's central idea or main message
What is theme?
A four line stanza in a poem
What is a quatrain?
This is the position the writer is taking on an issue.
What is a claim?
Words that contradict each other. Example: Cold Fire
What is an oxymoron?
“Whether it rains or shines tomorrow, it makes little difference to me.”
What is indifferent?
This form of irony is when the events contradict the expectations of the reader. Plot twist!
What is situational irony?
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme?
Information that supports a position in an argument
What is evidence?
Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
What is personification?
I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men — but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed — I raved — I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder — louder — louder!"
What is nervous or anxious?
This form of irony is when the reader knows more information than one of the characters
What is dramatic irony?
A consistent pattern of rhyme throughout a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
Emotional, ethical, and logical arguments used to persuade an audience to agree with the writer or speaker
What is rhetorical appeals?
Anything that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level
What is symbol?
"It was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference."
What is calm and peaceful?
The associated meanings attached to a word beyond its literal definition
What is connotation?